SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL
Even before the U.S. was a nation, African-Americans played crucial roles in nearly every stage of history in the new world. ‘Honoring’ that history in one month is a travesty.
Christina Proenza-Coles has a dual doctorate in sociology and history and is the author of the forthcoming book AMERICAN FOUNDERS: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World (NewSouth Books).
Even before the U.S. was a nation, African-Americans played crucial roles in nearly every stage of history in the new world. ‘Honoring’ that history in one month is a travesty.